# Has the SDMB evr come to India or any other country for that matte other that the US? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [July 28, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235 "2002-07-28T14:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Jukeball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@Jukeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jukeball)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/1 "2002-07-28T14:23:41Z")
Just wondering? ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/2 "2002-07-28T14:37:32Z")
**Jukeball** , I’m not sure I understand your question. You are in India. You have accessed the SDMB. In what sense has the SDMB _not_ “come” to your location? _Bakvas mat kar, bhai_. Also, this thread belongs in ATMB, not in GQ. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/3 "2002-07-28T14:45:31Z")
The sdmb is where ever there is a connection to the internet. We have members from all over the world. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/4 "2002-07-28T15:00:05Z")
Google comes up empty on “The [Chenai](http://www.imsc.ernet.in/Madras/madras-guide.html) Reader.”  Maybe you could start up a branch office ? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![manhattan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manhattan/32/7_2.png) [@manhattan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manhattan)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/5 "2002-07-28T16:17:08Z")
I suspect the OP is asking about the printed column. That said, I’m moving this thread to ATMB, if for no other reason that I rarely get to move things there and you’d be surprised at what passes for fun after doing this for long enough. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/6 "2002-07-28T16:23:36Z")
Come one. Come all!!! Come to The Straight Dope Carnival of Ignorance Fighting!!! [ul] [li]SEE THE EVOLUTIONISTS AND CREATIONIST DUKE IT OUT IN A FIGHT. . . **FOR YOUR SOUL!!!** [/li] [li]FEEL THE FLAMES SEAR THE FLESH OF THE SILLY, THE EVIL and sometimes THE _UNWARY_[/li] [li] LAUGH AT THE WIT AND WITLESSNES OF DOPERS FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE [/li] [/ul] _HURRY, HURRY, HURRY-- Playing at a country that matters less near you!_ ---
**Author:** ![Jukeball](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@Jukeball](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jukeball)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/7 "2002-07-28T16:28:40Z")
What I meant was I keep reading about these SDMB parties and get togethers taking place , so i was just wondering if something like that has been done in India! ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/8 "2002-07-28T16:58:22Z")
Oh, well then, forget the dang circus! The Chicago Reader and the column The Straight Dope don’t have anything at all to do with Dopefests. There are no “official” SDMB parties and get-togethers. [Note the disclaimer at the top of MPSIMS](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=103190) > [@](#): > > Disclaimer > The Chicago Reader, Inc., and its agents, including the administrators and moderators of the Straight Dope Message Board, are in no way responsible for anything associated with any real life meeting of our members. While we permit SDMB users to post announcements and other discussion of meetings and events on the Straight Dope Message Board, we don’t organize, sponsor, endorse, approve, or have any formal association with such events or any activities that may occur at them. We don’t vouch for any individual or group organizing an event. Attend at your own risk. SDMB moderators and administrators who attend events do so as private individuals and not as representatives or agents of the Chicago Reader, Inc. We encourage all attendees at these events to obey the laws of the jurisdiction in which they are held. This does not stop people who post here from getting together all over the place. Australia, England, The Netherlands-- I wonder if the Japanese fest got off. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/9 "2002-07-28T19:58:11Z")
I don’t recall one in India, although there _are_ some board members there. What you can do, **Jukeball** , is propose one in the MPSIMS forum. Start a thread with a title that makes it clear that you are seeking expressions of interest in a gethering in India. Good luck! ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/10 "2002-07-28T20:48:18Z")
Of course, you could also come to where the party is… Hey - I have an idea. Be at Euston Station in London, England, on Monday, September 2, at noon, by the W.H. Smith near the entrance to platforms 8-11. Look for a short, ugly woman with scars on her face, and ask her if she is “Una”. If you find her, she will take you out to dinner. Maybe. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![xash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/c6cbf5/32.png) [@xash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xash)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/11 "2002-07-28T21:29:26Z")
ok… now that you’ve clarified your question, **Jukeball** , i shall attempt to answer it. 1. the board itself cannot “come” anywhere… 2. the members of this board do meet from time to time at what are known informally as Dopefests. 3. Hi, Opal! Will you ever come to India? Here’s your invitation 🙂 4. The CR / Straight Dope does not schedule any such meetings and therefore there is no offical Dopefest in any city anywhere in the world. This protects the management and staff of the CR / Straight Dope from being sued over activities occuring at, and/or as a result of, these meetings. 5. Any such meetings are scheduled and organized by individuals on this board in their own capacity and at their own risk. Any persons attending these meetings do so at their own risk (this, ofcourse, is my pesonal understanding. facts may differ.) 6. I doubt there are enough of SDMB members in Bombay, or even all of India, to make such a meeting a party. But perhaps you, me and Ronald McDonald can try the jive. or Tango. Or even the new McAloo Tikki Burger with upsized fries and coke with no ice. 7. I am not aware of any Dopefest having taken place anywhere in India. 8. Yes, Dopefests have been held in countries other than the U.S. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2002, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/12 "2002-07-28T23:39:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Biggirl \* > **SEE THE EVOLUTIONISTS AND CREATIONIST DUKE IT OUT IN A FIGHT. . .FOR YOUR SOUL!!!** What are the evolutionists going to do with my soul if(!) they win? ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/13 "2002-07-29T00:22:36Z")
make it fitter, or course. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/14 "2002-07-29T02:22:49Z")
Play The Temptations for it and teach to do the Bus Stop. ---
**Author:** ![Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/50afbb/32.png) [@Duck\_Duck\_Goose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duck_Duck_Goose)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2002, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-the-sdmb-evr-come-to-india-or-any-other-country-for-that-matte-other-that-the-us/121235/15 "2002-07-29T02:29:03Z")
[_pretzel splort_] coff coff